struggle

After Christmas, the heavy snow finally stopped slowly, but the weather was still wet and cold, and the sky was shrouded in a gray color all day long.So every time after class, more and more students stayed in the common room, and everyone tried to lean against the fireplace, or do homework, or chat, and lazily pass the time before going to bed.

Ginny was leaning on the sofa as usual, reading the books borrowed from Black's house with Hermione. The two discussed some difficult issues from time to time, and many of Hermione's insights can often be said to hit the nail on the head. Ni had to admire.She understands that she may be much better than Hermione in the actual application of magic power, but in terms of theoretical understanding, Hermione is worthy of her title of "know-it-all", and often has her own unique features.

It's just that Ron couldn't understand and didn't want to hear what they were discussing about higher magic. He just kept circling in front of them and looked out the door from time to time.Until Hermione finally raised her head impatiently: "Ron, for Merlin's sake, can you stop?"

"But why hasn't Harry come back yet?" Ron looked at the door again with some anxiety, "It's almost eight o'clock."

Hearing Ron's words, Ginny also looked up from the book: "Ron, where did Harry go?"

"Divination classroom, Professor Trelawney's." Ron replied absent-mindedly, "She said she needed Harry's help to help her wipe the crystal ball used in class, because she thinks Harry is the one with the most talent for prophecy." student."

Hermione curled her lips disapprovingly, and continued to shift her gaze to the book in her hand. It was obvious that she had never had a good impression of that pretending and mystical Professor Trelawney.But Ginny knew that Trelawney was indeed a prophet, but it was just a pity that the timing was not working.

When the clock struck eight o'clock, Ron just turned to the door and looked around.Just then, the door to the common room was flung open, almost hitting Ron in the face.Ron rubbed his nose and complained to the one who had just entered the door: "Harry, what are you doing, why are you in such a hurry?"

Harry didn't bother to apologize to Ron, his face was abnormally pale, and he was panting slightly. Obviously, he must have rushed all the way back from the divination classroom on the eighth floor of the North Tower just now.His abnormal appearance was so obvious that even Ron sensed that something was wrong with him, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Hey, buddy, what's the matter with you?" Hermione and Ginny also put down the books in their hands , Surrounded up.

"He's coming back soon," Harry whispered absently, "Professor Trelawney said he's coming back soon."

"What's coming back soon? Harry, who are you talking about?" Ron was obviously confused by Harry's words and couldn't understand what he was saying.

Ginny, however, immediately realized what Harry was referring to.She looked back at the crowd in the common room, and knew that it was not a good place to talk about this topic, so she pulled Harry: "Harry, go to my bedroom and Hermione, sit down and be quiet." Speak slowly."

Harry calmed down a little, and nodded at Ginny.Hermione obviously realized that Harry had something important to tell them, so she didn't object, but walked towards their dormitory first, followed by Ginny pulling Harry and Ron.

After sitting down in their dormitory, Ginny waved her wand, cast a Locking Charm and a Silencing Charm on the door, and brought a cup of hot water for Harry and stuffed it into his hand: "Okay, Harry, now No one will bother you anymore, just talk."

Harry took a sip of water, but there was still a hint of panic on his face: "I was helping Professor Trelawney clean the crystal ball just now, and she was chattering about how many great prophecies were made by the famous prophetic family she came from. , What a gifted master of prophecy she is, who can see through the fog of the future."

Hearing this, Ron murmured to himself, "She's always been like this." Ginny pushed him, "Ron, from what Harry said, there's obviously something else going on."

Harry nodded gratefully to Ginny: "Yes, when I was halfway through the rubbing, she suddenly said in a hoarse voice: 'The wheel of fate has deviated from the track, those who will die will not die, and those who will return will return early , the darkness devours the darkness, the lord's entourage kills each other, and the day and night are beyond the boundaries." After saying this, she seemed to wake up suddenly, but she didn't know anything about what she said."

"This passage means that the mysterious man is about to return?" Ginny concluded after listening, while Ron trembled violently after hearing the word "mysterious man".

"But, can this Professor Trelawney believe it? Her usual predictions have never been accurate." Hermione looked skeptical, "Didn't she often scare you by saying that your life is in danger and there are people around you?" An omen of death or something?"

"However, her appearance this time is different from usual." Harry said with some hesitation, "When she said that, she felt her body was stiff and her eyes were distracted, unlike the usual inscrutable and mysterious appearance on purpose." , and the voice is not the usual ethereal feeling, but hoarse like an old man. The strangest thing is that after she finished speaking, she had no impression of what she said, but said that she seemed to be asleep just now caught."

"Could it be true this time?" At this time, even Hermione was not sure, "It's just that, apart from explaining that the mysterious man is coming back, what do her other words mean? Darkness swallows darkness, followers kill each other, and There is a division of day and night beyond the boundaries, what does this mean?"

Ginny's hands were secretly tightened in her long sleeves.She thought that only she understood the meaning of these words, and only she understood that what Trelawney made this time was a real prophecy.However, she couldn't tell them clearly, so she could only suggest softly: "Harry, go and tell Principal Dumbledore about this."

Harry obviously still hesitated: "Tell Principal Dumbledore? Disturb him with such an empty prophecy, will he believe it? I'm not even sure if it's true."

"Go, Harry, what if it's true?" Ron was obviously the one who had the deepest fear of Voldemort among the four, after all, he was the only one who really grew up hearing the horror stories of the Dark Lord.

"Yes, what if it is true?" Ginny also echoed, "Tell Headmaster Dumbledore and trust him to make the right judgment." She believed that Dumbledore would understand this so-called " The true meaning of "Darkness devours darkness, and followers kill each other".

Hermione pondered for a while and then nodded: "I also agree to tell Principal Dumbledore, after all, he has much more knowledge than us, and we may not be able to come up with the result just by thinking about it, maybe he will understand it when he hears it. And , which involves the mysterious person again, we must tell Headmaster Dumbledore so that he can prepare."

Under the affirmative gazes of the three, Harry finally nodded and stood up: "Then I'll go to Professor McGonagall first, and ask her to take me to Principal Dumbledore."

"We'll go with you." Hermione also stood up, pulled Ginny and Ron, walked out of the Gryffindor common room with Harry, and came to Professor McGonagall's bedroom.After listening to their narration, Professor McGonagall looked serious, and quickly put on her tartan morning clothes: "Harry, you did the right thing. Now, come with me, we'll see the headmaster."

That night, all the people did not sleep well, each worried and worried about this prophecy for their own reasons.Ginny knew the general meaning of this prophecy, but she was not very clear about the meaning of the last sentence "the division of day and night is beyond the boundaries".She vaguely guessed that this should refer to justice and evil, the so-called intermediate force between day and night, but she felt that in the current situation, only Tom could barely be regarded as the intermediate force, But how could Tom be the key force in the decisive battle between Dumbledore and Voldemort?

When she couldn't figure it out, she came to the hall with two dark circles under her eyes at breakfast the next day.However, the complexions of the other three were no better than hers, and they all looked like they were obviously not getting enough sleep.As soon as Hermione saw Harry, she kept asking him about the result of his meeting with Headmaster Dumbledore yesterday, but Harry also looked blank, telling them that after he told Headmaster Dumbledore the prophecy yesterday, Dumbledore just said that he Well done, then let him go back to rest early, don't have to think about this issue, so he still hasn't figured out whether this prophecy is true or not, and what it portends.

After listening to his words, Hermione sat back in her seat in frustration, flipped through the relevant textbooks in her hand, and said in a low voice that she would go to the library after class to check the information about prophecies, especially to see if there were any Accounts of the Trelawney family.

The four of them fell silent for a while, each chewing their own breakfast, but apparently they were eating absent-mindedly.When the breakfast was about to end, many owls flew in from outside the hall, and dropped all kinds of packages, letters, etc. on the long tables of their respective colleges.One of the special owls of the postal system flew over Hermione's head, dropped a stack of "Daily Prophet", then circled a few times and flew away.

Hermione picked up the newspaper and read it intently, while Ron hung his head in disgust, trying to blow the owl feathers off his bread.Ginny, on the other hand, drew out her wand in a funny way and waved it, instantly making the flying feathers disappear, in exchange for Ron's grateful eyes.

However, Hermione suddenly put the newspaper on the table, and pointed to a piece of news on it solemnly: "Look, something really started to happen."

The other three people raised their heads curiously together, and looked at the place Hermione was pointing at. On it was a photo of Minister of Magic Fudge holding a hat and accepting an interview with a face full of embarrassment. On the bold headline, it stood out. It reads: "Lack of guarding power, outdated defense mechanism—the Death Eaters in Azkaban escaped collectively."

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The author has something to say:

Well, what do you guys think of this prophecy?

In the next chapter, my eldest daughter Bella is coming out, but this one is from the original book...